Relevance of oestradiol-testosterone balance in erectile dysfunction patients' prognosis

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 114-118

  Srilatha, B ^a   Chong, Y S ^a   Adaikan, P Ganesan ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Erectile dysfunction; Hormone imbalance; Oestradiol; Oestradiol testosterone balance; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GLUCOSE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIBIDO DISORDER; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PROGNOSIS; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; AGE; BLOOD; IMPOTENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ESTRADIOL; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 34447521842     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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